Janet McTeer Quotes

But then I got a job selling coffee at the York Theatre, and when I met theatre people, something clicked. I felt comfortable with them; I felt like myself. I decided to go to drama school based just on that feeling. I had never done any acting.

Janet McTeer

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: August 5, 1961

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I come to work with a smile and I leave with a laugh, and I'm so grateful.

Robert Knepper

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I've always thought that the act of playing the guitar was the act of trying to make a point of playing the guitar.

Mick Ronson

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Every single director stops at the moment he thinks he has the shot. Sometimes, directors shoot an establishing shot where everything is in the shot. He's going to use this at the beginning and the end.

Javier Camara

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Inherently, making a movie is tough because there's so much anticipation when it happens - even if everything goes well.

Josh Peck

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If I wasn't so insecure about myself I wouldn't work as hard as I do. I am constantly seeking approval.

Jonathan Rhys Meyers

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I used to watch my grandmother make fancy, Julia Child-style beef bourguignon. And growing up in New York City, I was exposed to many cultures. I experimented with Puerto Rican and Jamaican food.

Debi Mazar

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I kept auditioning, with no savings and no money, credit card debt gaining interest. I went on unemployment. I bought ramen noodles at dollar stores. I never had to - God forbid - live on the streets.

Chrissy Metz

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I'll be honest with you, I really struggle with the conversation around gun control.

Alicia Garza

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We moved in to help the Vietnamese defend their country and confront the Viet Cong.

William Westmoreland

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People get ideas of how to live or not to live from what you do on television.

Norman Lloyd

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Well, what there ought to be is an international labor organization, a confederation of the trade unions of all the countries speaking for the workers who are competing with one another, and talking about the difference in wage levels between, say, Europe and Indonesia.

Richard Rorty

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I always said I wanted to be scientist, but I didn't really have the staying power.

Nina Conti

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